01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC043945
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH51 9JR
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Museum's objects are the advancement and promotion of the education and the interest of the public in motor cars and vehicles and other forms of transport.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Museum's objects are the advancement and promotion of the education and the interest of the public in motor cars and vehicles and other forms of transport (including but not limited to those connected with the cinema) and other exhibits connected or related thereto by the provision of a museum or museums in Scotland and to promote the permanent acquisition, restoration, preservation and maintenance and display of such exhibits and to exhibit to the public any such exhibits and items as aforesaid by means of temporary or permanent exhibitions and to acquire, restore, preserve, maintain and display such exhibits.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 30 September 2024 | £20,857 | £9,792 | 0 | 30 June 2025 |
| 30 September 2023 | £16,095 | £3,840 | 0 | 27 June 2024 |
| 30 September 2022 | £18,944 | £5,349 | 0 | 19 July 2023 |
| 30 September 2021 | £11,214 | £4,903 | 0 | 17 October 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Bridgness Road, Bo'ness, West Lothian
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.bonessmotormuseum.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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